A state-level ballot battle quiz competition on Election and Electoral Process was organised on Saturday at JN Dance Academy, Imphal by the office of the chief electoral officer, Manipur with the objective of increasing voter education and electoral participation.
Only 10 teams of the 11 selected teams participated in the state-level quiz competition as Jiribam district team reported unwell and could not participate. The programme began with an address by the additional chief electoral officer, Manipur Naorem Praveen who deliberated upon various activities taken up by the office of the chief electoral officer, Manipur regarding the current general election to the Manipur State Legislative Assembly.
A written examination was conducted as an elimination round by selecting six teams that represented Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Senapati, Ukhrul and Thoubal districts, from the participating 10 teams for the quiz round.
A total of four rounds were conducted during the quiz to select the top three teams. The team representing Bishnupur district bagged the first position while Senapati and Imphal East teams secured second and third position respectively.
It may be mentioned that the top three teams will be awarded cash prizes on the National Voters’ Day which will be organised at City Convention Centre, Palace Compound on January 25. The Cash prizes include Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 for first, second and third position respectively.
Joint chief electoral officer, Manipur Ramananda Nongmeikapam; joint chief electoral officer (II) Md S Daulat Khan and student’s representing different electoral districts were also present during the quiz competition among others.
Earlier, Ballot Battle Quiz Competition was also conducted at district level in all 11 electoral districts and the top winning teams were selected from all electoral districts for the state level competition.
